This started as a quick Facebook update with some verses I\u2019m meditating on today, and developed into so much more! I\u2019ve never had such a hunger to learn more, such a desire to seek the truth of God, and I\u2019ve never had so many notes from church, or my personal devotions, for that matter! I want to share all of this with the whole world, I feel like I could just explode lol. So here it is, for any who want to read my scattered thoughts and follow my journey of Jesus-following. I realize it\u2019s not of interest to everyone, but if I can even create a picture for you of the tiniest amount of what he\u2019s doing in my life, it would change YOUR life! Seriously.<\/p>\n
Ok, so today\u2019s devotions! I was reading Psalm 27, and ALL of it is just amazing and so applicable to my life right now, but these verses stood out the most\u2026<\/p>\n
Psalm 27:13-14:\u201dI would have lost heart, unless I believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. <\/p>\n
Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the Lord.\u201d\u2028These verses speak to me so much, I don\u2019t even know if I can explain it! Here\u2019s my attempt:<\/p>\n
I do lose heart, frequently, because I keep doubting that I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. That\u2019s what heaven is for, after all, isn\u2019t it? \u201cI just can\u2019t wait for heaven\u201d I keep saying, because life here on earth is full of tragedy and sorrow and I just try and get through it so I can get to the other side. But the key to strengthening one\u2019s heart is \u201cwait on the Lord, be of good courage.\u201d And I suck at waiting. I want answers NOW, Lord! ??\u200d\u2640\ufe0f<\/p>\n
Also, interesting to me in this verse, is that the word \u201cwait\u201d in the Hebrew means \u201cto look eagerly for.\u201d Whoa. Not passive waiting around\u2026 but eagerly anticipating. I have pretty much never eagerly anticipated God in my life\u2026ever.<\/p>\n
So now I\u2019m in a season of waiting, and there is absolutely nothing I can do but pray and seek Him. And I\u2019m learning to believe that I WILL see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living, right here on earth! I always believed in the \u201cGod of miracles,\u201d but I never believed he would do it for me, and I believed miracles on earth were rare nowadays. Why aren\u2019t they more prevalent? I\u2019ve been learning in church so much about this\u2026 <\/p>\n
\u201cif we worship the miracle instead of the One who performs the miracle, He will stop doing them.\u201d I\u2019ve seen this in so many circles, and that\u2019s probably why I shied away from \u201cmiracle working Christians,\u201d because they make such a fuss and end up giving glory to the person, and worshipping the miracle itself, instead of God who gave them that miracle. It\u2019s quite an interesting thought, and I know I want God to be able to trust me with miracles! <\/p>\n
So anyway, today, I\u2019m claiming his promise to strengthen my heart! I\u2019m waiting on HIM, and believing that I WILL see the goodness of the Lord right here on earth! \u2764<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This started as a quick Facebook update with some verses I\u2019m meditating on today, and developed into so much more! I\u2019ve never had such a hunger to learn more, such a desire to seek the truth of God, and I\u2019ve never had so many notes from church, or my personal devotions, for that matter! I … <\/p>\n